Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Descriptions of Odysseus

Pg 77-Line 1: The man of twists and turns (full first paragraph)

Pg 79-Lines 79-80: Great odysseus who excels all men in wisdom, excels in offerings too

Pg 84-Lines 241-242: The head and fine eyes

Pg 85-Lines 295-296: Oh how much you need odysseus, gone so long-how he'd lay hands on those brazen suitors!

Pg 94-Lines 49-51: Noble father who ruled among you years ago, each of you here, as kindly as a father to his own children

Pg 95-Line 63: We have no man like Odysseus

Pg 95-Line 76: Noble father Odysseus

Pg 111-Line 136: At every twist of strategy he excelled us all

Pg 112-Line 181: Flexible, willy king

1 comment:

  1. Neat stuff - that's quite a variety of descriptions. Some are appearance, but some are talking about his qualities as a King or a father. Do you find there is a trend in this? In other words, does the book start with appearances mostly and then move to other descriptions?

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